Grand jury indicts Center mom accused of killing baby

A Shelby County grand jury has indicted a Center woman accused in the
beating death of her five-month-old baby.

Shakeitha Cartwright, 29, is charged with capital murder. The grand jury
handed down the indictment on Feb. 14.

According to a Center Police press release, officers responded to a house at
1207 Shelbyville St. on Jan. 16., in reference to an unresponsive child. EMS
arrived and took her to a Center hospital. A justice of the peace pronounced
Keilly Hoyt dead at 10:15 a.m.

Police later arrested Cartwright on the murder charge.

Cartwright is scheduled for arraignment on March 12.

Autopsy results for Keilly are pending at the medical examiner's office in
Dallas.

In the wake of an incident in which the driver of a Ford Explorer allegedly almost backed into a Lufkin PD patrol unit while he was fleeing a traffic stop Monday afternoon, the police department will be seeking a warrant for his arrest.

In the wake of an incident in which the driver of a Ford Explorer allegedly almost backed into a Lufkin PD patrol unit while he was fleeing a traffic stop Monday afternoon, the police department will be seeking a warrant for his arrest.